At this moment, in the Sacred Mountains, Ren Xiaosu's group had just arrived at a canyon. Cheng Yu received a message saying that Vanilla's group had encountered Li Shentan on the other side. Now that the entire group had lost control, everyone in the group had to watch Li Shentan perform magic tricks every day.
But at this moment, Cheng Yu actually felt a sense of balance. At the very least, it was not only his group that had encountered trouble.
In comparison, although their group had a troublemaker like Ren Xiaosu, they also had a great helper like White Mask. Although White Mask was never willing to communicate with them, Cheng Yu still felt a sense of security when White Mask was in the group.
Ren Xiaosu looked at the canyon in front of him. The stone walls on both sides of the canyon were as sharp as knives. He whispered to Yang Xiaojin, "I keep feeling that everything I've seen and encountered this time is very strange. It's like a whirlpool that was designed by someone to trap all six or seven of our groups. It's just like that tunnel at the bottom of East Lake that could collapse at any moment."
In the past, Ren Xiaosu had looked down on the Pyro Company because some of the Pyro Company members he encountered were all full of nonsense and did not really fight head-on.
But ever since the collapse of East Lake, he re-examined the organization and realized there was actually a reason why the Kyung Clan and the Saboteurs valued the Pyro Company so much. They were never people who would just sit back and wait for death.
"I've never heard you mention who's in charge of the Pyro Company before," Ren Xiaosu said.
"I didn't mention it because the Pyro Company is not controlled by a single person. Unlike the other consortiums, the Pyro Company has five." Yang Xiaojin said, "You can't be sure who's behind any of their strategies, or if they're all working together."
"Five people?" Ren Xiaosu was surprised. "Won't they become hostile because of the uneven distribution of benefits?"
"That's what's unique about the Pyro Company." Yang Xiaojin said, "It's said that they never have any disagreements over their interests. Furthermore, they don't have a presidium or board of directors like the other consortiums do. Instead, they're the chief scientists of five different fields. These five positions are fixed, and each of them will lead a research team in five different directions. If someone dies, someone from their team will replace them."
"Who do you think planned the collapse of East Lake?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"I'm not sure about that." Yang Xiaojin shook her head.
Walking into the canyon, Ren Xiaosu suddenly discovered that the stone walls on both sides of the canyon seemed to have traces of excavation and cracks.
The jagged rocks in the canyon made it seem more like it was man-made.
Everyone realized this. Cheng Yu's assistant asked curiously, "Could it be that this canyon was also forcefully carved out from the mountain? There's no need for that, right? This isn't the only way to get into the mountains, so why would they dig a canyon here? "
As a matter of fact, they were walking in the wilderness. The Pyro Company had built roads in the mountains, but they did not dare to use them.
"Alright, cut the crap." Cheng Yu said, "Let's get through here first."
The terrain of the canyon was dangerous to begin with, and it was very easy for them to get ambushed. Therefore, Cheng Yu did not want to waste any time here.
As they made their way through the canyon, everyone was careful to guard against any sneak attacks from the Pyro Company. But when they were about to reach the end of the long canyon, there was still no movement.
"That doesn't make sense," Ren Xiaosu said. As the Pyro Company's home ground and familiar with the terrain, it was impossible for them to give up on such a convenient place for an ambush.
As they spoke, "Old Xu" passed through everyone and walked to the front of the group. He was the first to walk out of the canyon.
Cheng Yu sighed and said, "Indeed, the more capable you are, the more responsible you are. Look at White Mask. He's always walking in front of us to fend off trouble. Some people in our group can't do the same."
There was even a hint of innuendo in his words. It was obvious that Luo Lan was using Ren Xiaosu as a backer. But along the way, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin kept walking at the back of the group. It was as though they were afraid of being the first to bear the brunt of any danger.
Ren Xiaosu ignored him. He could already see through "Old Xu" that it was just a normal forest outside the canyon. There was nothing strange about it, and no one was even lying in ambush outside the canyon.
Everyone followed "Old Xu" out of the canyon. But the moment they walked out, Ren Xiaosu suddenly saw Cheng Yu's assistant, who was at the front of the group, take out a gun and shoot someone next to him.
It was not only Cheng Yu's assistant. Many other people seemed to have gone crazy the moment they walked out of the canyon.
In the short span of half a minute, three people in the group had died at the hands of their own people. The crazed people were armed with guns, and bullets were flying everywhere in the air.
Ren Xiaosu hurriedly pulled Yang Xiaojin back into the canyon. He even called out to Luo Lan, Zhou Qi, and Big Bluff.
He looked at Yang Xiaojin and saw that Yang Xiaojin's eyes were tightly shut as though she was struggling with something. Ren Xiaosu was worried that she was also possessed, so he prepared to knock Yang Xiaojin out. But before he could do anything, Yang Xiaojin opened her eyes again. "There's something strange about this canyon. Let's save Luo Lan and the others first."
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu looked at Luo Lan and was surprised to discover that even Luo Lan and the others had fallen into a very chaotic state. It was just that they did not make a move.
A bullet came out of nowhere and hit Luo Lan's leg. Luo Lan let out a cry, but he was still in a state of confusion. In fact, he even wanted to join in the battle up ahead.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Ren Xiaosu quickly pulled Luo Lan back and knocked Luo Lan out.
After all, Luo Lan had only become a supernatural being for a short period of time. Meanwhile, Zhou Qi and Big Bluff were in a much better situation. Although they regained consciousness a little later than Yang Xiaojin, they still regained consciousness on their own.
However, Big Bluff's first reaction was to quickly lie down on the ground and pretend to be unconscious. He was also helplessly dragged back into the canyon by Ren Xiaosu.
"What's going on? What happened just now?" Ren Xiaosu asked Yang Xiaojin in puzzlement, "Why am I perfectly fine?"
"The moment I walked out of the canyon, I started hallucinating. In my hallucination, I saw you drawing your saber at me," Yang Xiaojin said.
"Then how did you wake up?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.
"Oh, I didn't think you would do anything to me, so it was probably fake. That's why I woke up," Yang Xiaojin said matter-of-factly.
Ren Xiaosu looked outside and quickly got "Old Xu" to knock out everyone in the chaos in an attempt to stop the storm.
However, he realized that other than him, there were other people in the group who were also conscious. The young man named Wang Yun was weaving through the crowd and carefully avoiding all the bullets. He first knocked out his subordinates and dragged them away.
Then he returned to the battlefield and killed four people in succession!
His eyes were extremely clear and did not look like he was possessed at all. The people he killed were all spies sent by his competitors!
This person had actually taken advantage of this opportunity to eliminate his dissidents first. He was truly ruthless.
However, Ren Xiaosu did not know what kind of person he was to save his subordinates in such a chaotic situation.
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